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Council authorizes RFP for accounting review amid dispute over audit scope
Summary
Council authorized RFPs for solicitor and accounting services to review borough finances; councilmembers debated whether the request implied misappropriation and whether a forensic audit was warranted, and tabled broad audit work pending a scoped internal review.
Council authorized the Borough Manager to develop RFPs for solicitor services and for accounting services to review Borough finances, but members debated the scope and intent of the accounting review. Councilmember Michael Segina objected to suggestions of misappropriation, noting prior audits of three years of budgets produced no criminal findings; Mayor Ciera Dent said an internal review could identify specific items that might require deeper forensic work.
The motion to authorize the RFPs was amended to allow the finance committee time to propose a scope; the request to develop a scope was tabled until the finance committee meets (target: Jan. 16) and until follow-up at the Jan. 21 council meeting. Council emphasized the need to avoid unnecessary billing for broad, unfocused reviews while retaining the ability to pursue targeted forensic work if evidence indicates it is needed.
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